[Poll of the Week: Best Male Character of the Series - TNG]

Is there any particular reason La Forge was left out of this poll? Seems like a glaring oversight of best bro.

[Poll of the Week: Greatest Rivalry]

I'm a huge fan of the Vitriolic Best Buds trope, so Odo and Quark get my pick here.

With that in mind, I feel like a special mention needs to be given to ENT's Malcolm Reed and Hayes. I know a few people who felt it was just a silly conflict overall (Starfleet vs MACO), but I've been in RL situations where I've seen (experienced) misunderstandings that devolve into this kind of paranoid desire for control over what people believe belongs to them. The stupidity of the conflict on Enterprise hghlights a human element -- because sometimes we do dumb stuff, and we don't realise it until later. Sucks it ended the way it did, though.

[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]

https://trekmovie.com/2020/08/16/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-bringing-back-planet-of-the-week-tos-style-says-alex-kurtzman/

Quote

I think Strange New Worlds, under the guidance of Henry Myers and Akiva Goldsman, it’s going to be a return in a way to TOS [Star Trek: The Original Series]. We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk’s Enterprise. I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers.

Me when I read this.

[Poll of the Week: Best Planet for Vacation]

Vulcan has a hot climate. That's the only winning factor for poor constantly-cold Blake.

[Poll of the Week: Would you join the Fenris Rangers?]

Remind me again who holds these guys accountable?

[Star Trek: Lower Decks!]

Have fun watching, US. Australians still don't have a release platform announced.

[Poll of the Week: Best Family-Oriented Episode]

VOY's Lineage. I feel like it's constantly overlooked. Yes, it lacks (quite deliberately) 'heart-warming' moments, but it's an important discussion about acceptance in our (and Trek's) society today.

[Star Trek: Prodigy]

Prepare the younguns:

Another animated series for Star Trek is on its way, due 2021.

[2020 Awards Red Carpet]

As colourful as always. 

[Poll of the Week: A Song of Stars]

On 6/5/2020 at 4:46 AM, Jo Marshall said:

No love for the two newest ones?! 

I like Jeff Russo -- he did some extraordinary work on What Remains of Edith Finch... but his Star Trek work has been fairly underwhelming. Discovery's main theme is hardly what I'd consider 'iconic', and Picard unfortunately latched on to that one episode with his flute and stuck to that concept. Both fairly impressive compositions, but ultimately too 'air-y' and constantly warrant a skip.

That said, they're not to the level of Faith of the Heart. At least he's ahead of something.

[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]

Am I excited?

YOU BET YOUR VULCAN MIND I'M EXCITED IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING PEOPLE I CAN FINALLY STOP SENDING LONG-WINDED EMAILS TO THE TREK GODS

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Phan'ta'go: =/\= Lieutenant Ukinix, this C'lem Phan'ta'go, from Main Engineering, can you hear me? =/\=

Placing his fingers on each side of his temple, he closed his eyes momentarily, before finally deciding to tap his combadge.

Ukinix: =/\= ::quietly:: Go ahead, Crewman... =/\=

Ukinix is about two more "can you hear me?"s away from taking a long walk out of a short airlock, and it shows.

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Robinson: Fine… I yield the floor to my distinguished colleague. What say you of my proposal?

 

An eyebrow rose so high on the Romulan representative that one would be forgiven for thinking she might actually be actually Vulcan.

 

Tessara: I see the merit behind what you're asking, but it's complete codswallop and you know it.

 

Never mind.

Damn it.

[Poll of the Week: CSI: Starfleet]

I play with the idea of a police procedural a little in my pre-Veritas sims.

I would love to have a Starfleet officer sent to go assist the fixer-upper of Nimbus III on screen. I think something like that would eat my time away, tbh.

[Picard (trailer)]

On 2/4/2020 at 8:15 PM, Kurt Logan said:

I think I may be the only one on here that didnt like them, but I'm waiting to see what the future episodes hold.

You're not the only one. I felt the first two episodes were excruciatingly slow. But strangely enough, because they introduced us to (what will now be) Picard's crew, it seems to have improved significantly. Rios and Raffi have added some flavour to the mix. Rios, more than Raffi — because what's better than one Santiago Cabrera?

Three Santiago Cabreras.

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Ukinix: Even though it’s tiny, the liaison office at Livernois is a Starfleet installation.  ::tapping screen:: The ’Tas has a link to it.  ::gesturing to screen:: We can see that the uplink between Livernois Shipyard and Starfleet is down. The main feed, in fact the main backbone of Ketar V’s communications, which connects it via its 2G relay to the rest of the Shoals, is down.  Different organisations on Ketar V rely on that backbone, it’s government-built shared infrastructure.  ::Tapping screen:: Livernois is not the only one affected.  *All* the ::counting fingers:: shipyards, CCMS, government departments, any businesses that leverage that network are in the dark.  We couldn’t even order a take away burger from Welder’s Diner.

It's like going to Maccas and finding out the drive-thru speaker is buggered.

[Poll of the Week: I, Robot?]

Do I think androids, holograms, and computers should be considered sentient beings? ...No.

Do I think they should be afforded the same basic rights and respect of sentient beings? Yes.

[Poll of the Week: Yearnings for Picard]

Having watched the first episode, I'm looking forward to it actually picking up speed...

[Poll of the Week: Prequel Captain?]

Depends on how you define "prequel" in our current Trek circumstances -- since Discovery is in both past and present, and Picard takes place after Nemesis, we can't really call any of the shows "prequels" anymore. I disagree that prequels are evil on principle. I'm still crossing my fingers for an Anson Mount Pike show.

But I can't see any of these captains in a show. We already know all we need to know about these guys. If we need another prequel, I'm thinking more of Erika Hernandez, Demora Sulu, or Rachel Garret -- both captains who were important in Trek history, but typically glossed over in one or two episodes (or in Sulu's case, a scene in a film) with next to no screentime. Actually, now that I've spent time thinking about the possibilities, I need a Demora Sulu show. Please, CBS.

[Poll of the Week: Anti-Borg Strategy]

Run away.

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Without changing his facial expression, Wil shifted his attention to Tahlin and Del, before biting his bottom lip in slight embarrassment.  He then jumped when Jansen throw his helmet into the Corinth’s first officer’s face, before he stepped forward while she was stunned and cracked her with a fist to the nose.  That caused her to drop the weapon, before she stumbled backwards, holding her now bloodied nose.

Wil blinked in shock.  Mild mannered, calm, matter of fact, Counsellor Jansen Orrey just neutralised a woman holding a FALLHHHASLLPPPPPPPP capable weapon.

Excuse me I just gotta go stick my head in a pillow and laugh this out for a couple minutes I'll be right back

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Roshanara took aside Commander Core while the rest of the damned -- er, the away team -- dug EVA suits out of a storage.

Nice vote of confidence from our CMO there... XD

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Vanlith: ::turning to look to the first Holocrew member:: I need you to monitor the rate of the fusion reactors. ::turning to the second Holocrew member:: and you need to monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew1: I will Monitor the rate of fusion reactors

Holocrew2: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew1: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew2: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew1: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew2: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew1: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Holocrew2: No I will monitor the rate of fusion reactors. You will monitor the plasma systems.

Vanlith: ::tired of the constant arguing:: SHUT UP!

Vanlith saying what we're all thinking.

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

Phan'ta'Go: Hello, can you hear me?

Ukinix: Yes, I can hear you C’lem Phan'ta'Go!

[Overheard in the Shoals: Veritas Notable Quotables]

Quote

EMHMKVI:  Hello Addison MacKenzie, MD, Ph.D., FASFS, Lieutenant, Assistant Chief Medical Officer.  Do you prefer to be addressed as Doctor, or as Lieutenant?

MacKenzie: oO Bloody hell. Oo 

You could just see that facial expression.